Glossary / General

vertical integration

14 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

It means the company makes most of its own parts instead of buying them from other companies, which can lower costs and improve quality.

Technical Definition

A strategy where a company controls multiple stages of production, from raw materials to finished products, reducing reliance on external suppliers.

Hear It Discussed

""Well, it's BYD's way of using their incredibly vertically integrated company. And it's not just the fact they make the chargers and the batteries that go in the car and the batteries that go at..."
BONUS: BYD Tech Day – The Impossible Dream EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs 11:50

"A bigger segment of this though is the vertical integration. So when you take a look at Korean cars, their labor costs and some of these other costs are lower, because Hyundai has mines and they..."
Why Chinese Cars Are So Cheap, Rivian R2 v BMW iX3 v Volvo EX60, GMC Sierra EV Auto Buyers Guide Podcast 16:40

"...This quiet dominance of just vertical integration. of all the way from digging the raw materials out of the earth, to building the ships..."
Going Rogue Wheel Bearings 30:11